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I don't respect him solely for choosing challenging projects. I respect his ability to direct really smart films, which are self-consistent. I usually don't car
by tspiteri 14y ago
I don't respect him solely for choosing challenging projects. I respect his ability to direct really smart films, which are self-consistent. I usually don't care much about contradictions in films, as I think "It's just a film." But with Nolan's films, if there are contradictions, I don't find them. It's as if he has a very good set of rules for a film and sticks to the rules meticulously. And I enjoy that a lot, which I guess makes me a Nolan fan.
- swombat 14y agoWell, if by "the rules" you mean "having plot holes you could sink the Titanic in"[1] and "the cheesiest lines ever uttered"[2] then yeah, you have a point... [1] - WW1 showed what happens when a bunch of people with pistols charge at a bunch of people with machine guns. [2] - " So, you came back to die with your city." "No. I came back to stop you."
- tspiteri 14y agoThose are fair points. I'm thinking those examples are from the Batman films, which I like in a way, but which are my least favourite Nolan films, although I think they are the most well known. I was more referring to films such as Memento and Inception. But then again, I still might have missed something or other.
- cobrausn 14y agoUgh, No. 2 literally made me facepalm. Despite that, I still think that's a problem with the writing, not the directing, though he likely could have changed that line if he felt the need. In regards to No. 1, they were already pretty close when they started the 'charge', and the machine gunners were not in trenches. Although far too few people seemed to be getting hit with gunfire during that charge scene.
- jblow 14y agoI am sorry but I think you are posting in the wrong thread. We are talking about Christopher Nolan here.
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